You and the Critical Care Transport Team Are Taking a Critically

Multiple Choice

You and the critical care transport team are taking a critically ill patient to another hospital. Among many IV infusions and monitors, the patient is also on a ventilator. You note that the FDO₂ is set at 0.50. What does this mean?

A) Fifty percent of the patient's respirations are provided by the ventilator.
B) Ventilations are provided when the patient breathes less than 50 times a minute.
C) The patient is being ventilated at a rate pf 50 breaths per minute.
D) The provided oxygen concentration is set at 50 percent.